Railway-car construction.



F. M. BR|NCKEHHOFF. RAILWAY CAR CONSTRUCJLQM APPLICATION ULF@ MQW-18M.

Patented June 26, 1917.

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F. M. BRINCKERHQH, RAILWAY CAR CONSTRUCTION. APPLICATION FILED AUGJZ,1914.

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NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNOR TO LEWIS B.

STILL'WELL, 0F LAKEWOOD, NEW JERSEY, ANI) "HENRY S. PUTNAM, 0E NEW Yonx,N. Y.

Specification of Letters Patent.

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Patented June 26, 1917.

.Application flied August 20, 1914. Seria1No.,857,819.

To allwkom il' may concern: I

Beit known that I, Iinnneis M. BnrNenminori, a leen oit. the UnitedStates, re snlgii r l' 'jlewoott in ,the coni-ity oit Ber t' .y ii vent'd collision ini),

A ini-ther ob;y i' is to provide a body end structure vvhicl-i will tiethe side walls of the car together at or about the roolr line tothereby. prevent separation or spreading of the Walls. and resulting in'teleseoping of A. further object is to so brace the body endstrueturesthat i'iiovement of the saine inward lengthwise ot' the 'car underimpact from collision or other cause will be resisted.

-Tlie :ir 'inten consists in the improve- `ments 'to more ftiiillydescribed hereinafter, and i inivelty ci? vf h will be particnlarly outand distinctly claimed. I have i and clearly .illustrated my nb vention,in ie aceornpanying drawings to be taken as a part of thisspecication,and wherein. 2

ltignre l. is a vertical central section view th rough a wireinlilodying 1n y invention.

lig. 52 au' onlan ed verticai section view str-notoire shown in Fig. l....action on the line ,3i-3 of dei oit t .is a Section on the line 5 isa section on the line o--' 6 is a section on the line (i-G Fig. 7 is adetail sectional view. Before proceeding with the detailed deseriptionof a preferredembodiment o't my invention I desire to make it understoodposes of this application I have shown the inyention and describe ithereinafter., as ap'- pa. coach constructed of of the pressed unit panelside forming the subject-matter of i trainees Letters PatentNo.,9091,8441,

v i tertiary lil, 1909, granted to me. starring to drawings bycharacters of r crence, and particularly to Fig. 3, 1designatesgenerally the nnderraine struction fof a car, which struct-nremay be` of any suitable construction, but pre'lierably.` consisting oflongitudinally extending center `sills 2, having attached theretocrossbearers supporting the floor 4,the outer ends of said cross-bearersbeing connected tothe longitudinally extending side sills 5; 6

' type designates unit panel side truss 'frames1 forming part of thesides of the ear and the Window yopenings 7, said side truss framesbeing preferably attached to` vertical side posts 8 .attached to theside sills 5, and eonnected to said side sills, the ripperA ends ofysaid side posts being-connected by pressed steel carlines 9 in archforni, all. as clearly shown in Figs. l, 2, 3 and L of the drawings. Thespecific construction of the posts 8 is irnmaterial but I prefer that itconsist' of U-shaped members, the. flanges 8a of which are turned towardeach other, as clearly shown in Fig. 2 of the drawings. Extending overthe cai-.lines 9 is the roof sheathing 10 completing the` roof covering.The end Walls of the car are indicated at 11, being riveted to the bodyCorner posts, and 12 designates the platform inelosures or vestibuleshaving the usual ingress and egress doors 'for the passengers. y

I will now proceed to describe: the novel construction oi' the car bodyend structure embodying niy present invention, said body end structurebeing designed to prevent the bod f end of the car bein` crushed `inwardy so as to prevent.`

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' bers adjacent to the roof line, and for this purpose employ means forrigidly connecting the side walls of the car at the roof line and at ornear the body end, so as to form arigid structure adapted to receive andresist impact on the body end of the car due to collision or othercause, and also to so tie the side walls together at the roof line as toprevent spreading of said side walls. Means is also provided for tyingt0- gether sai'd body end structures at the opposite ends of the car,respectively, so as to prevent movement of the said structures inwardlengthwise of the car due to impact, -this being referably accomplishedby a longitudinal y extending member at the roof line connecting andbracing such structures. I will now proceed to describe in detail apreferred embodiment of my novel car body end structure.

The improved body end structures are each preferablyl of La doublebulkhead type, and may be constituted by the body end Wall structure 11of the car dividing the car body from the platform inclosure and by anintermediate structure, which may be in the form of a transversepartition or wall 13 spaced apart a suitable distance, say approximatelysiX feet from the wall 11, said walls 1l .and 13 forming, if desired, anaccommodation space for any desired purpose. This double structure ispreferably constructed with four vertical posts 14, supported at theirlower ends by, and secured to, the underframing of the car, two of suchposts being at each side ofthe car. If desired the posts at the extremeends of the car body may consist of the usual body corner posts8heretofore described, and the two intermediate posts may be additionalAposts, or may be two of the side posts 8, heretofore described. In thepreferred construction, these posts form part of the side wall of thecar. Lying over the up er ends of these posts a plate 15, preferalydisposed in a horizontal plane, whichpate may tute the ceiling of theacco modation space at the end portion ofthe cr r, sa'id plate beingconnected to the posts by -any suitable means, for instance angle irons16, said angle irons 16 engaging said' osts and plate and beingrivetedthereto. j 'li'hevside edges of the plate 15, which extendlongitudinally of the car, preferably overlie the upper horizontal edgeportions of the side walls of the l car, and are rigidly connectedthereto, the

said side walls having inwardly extending horizontal flanges 17, to Whicedges ofthe plate are connected by rivets,

whereby'said plate constitutes a tie member designed to resist spreadingof the side walls in case of collision, so that said side walls will notbe separated' to permit the end of another car to be vtelescoped betweenthe same. If desired, the plate l'lnay bebraced by means'of angle ironsriveted to said columns and plate respectively. These columns 18 may, ifdesired, serve as door posts to define the passageway or doorway 19leading through the wall lland partition 13, from the platform to theinterior of the car body. Extending transversely of the car, at theposts connected by the` plate 15, are partition plates 20, riveted tothe said corner posts of the end structure, said plates serving as meansto brace and stiften the structure as well as to constitute partitionsbetween the platform and the saloon space, and the car body and thesaloon space. The plate 15 is made heavy and rigid enough so as toedectually and rigidly connect the car side walls, and so as not tobuckle or crumple under'collision impact.

The upper portion of the body end struc` head walls is a roofing plate'22,D which may be the ordinary roofing plate, ut which I prefer to makeheavier than the ordinary plate, and the side edges of which areconnected to the upper side edges of the :side walls of the car at theroof line by rivets 22", as seen inpiFig. 3, so that a rigidconstruction is provided. This reinforcing roof plate not only assistsin tying the side walls of the car together, but also resists movementofthe end portions of the body end structure toward each otherlongitudinally of the car. The lates 21, heretofore referred to, resistcollapse of this roof sheathing 22 in case of overturning and rollingofthe car. Y v

From the above description it will be seen that a body end structure isprovided which is extremely rigid in construction, and which' is welladapted to resist collapse ofthe end.

portion of the-car body due to collision impact, and whichalso lessensthe likelihood of telescoping, inasmuch as the side 'Wallsadjacent theroof line are tied together in,"

such a manner as not to nary colhsion conditlons.

I r "1-20 Y spread under` ordis' templlates the tying togetherA andbracing. o t

ev body end structures-at both ends of thelcar, so that'any tendency ofthe said structures tomove. inward lengthwise` of ,the

extend# thecar,v at or adiacenti-:hef i l Other means may be providedfor eiiecting this connection, `but the one described will proveefficient.

In this construction I preferably construct' the vestibule structure ofalighter and more easily collapsible structure than the body endvstructure, or, in other words, the member l5, preferably does not extendover the vestibule, so that the initial shock resulting from collisionimpact will be cushioned by the vestibule structure, and the full forceof the blow reduced to the point where it will be largely, if notcompletely, resisted by the car body end structure. I

believe I am the li'rst to provide a cai' body I end structure includinga heavy impactresisting member, located at or adjacent the roof line andtying the body side walls rigidly together, inA combination with arelatively collapsible vestibule structure adapted to act as a cushion.

I also believe I am the rst to produce a car body end structure, inwhich the side walls of the car are tied together at the roof line bymeans of a plate or other integral structure for suficient'distancelengthwise of the car to adequately develop the full shock-resistingcapabilities of the side wall members adjacent the roof line.

By the term side wall as employed in these specifications, I do not'limit myself to the particular type of side wall shown and described,but use the term to include side walls of any type or structure and toinclude the side wall structure as a whole, and not' to refer to anyparticular element or elements which may constitutepart of the sidewall.

WV hat I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the UnitedStates is:

1. A ear structure comprising a floor, side walls, end walls, a roof,and a rigid plate connecting the side walls at the end of the car and ata point adjacent the juncture of the roof and the side walls, said plateprojecting from an end wall lengthwise of the car within the car body.

2. A car structure comprising a Hoor, side walls, end walls, a roof, anda horizontally disposed plate connecting the side walls at the end ofthe car and at a point adjacent the juncture of the root' and the sidewalls, said plate projecting lengthwise of the car within the car body,and means for bracing said plate at a point between the side walls.

3. A car structure comprising a floor, side walls, end walls, a roof, -ahorizontally disposed plate connecting the'side walls at the 'end of thecar and at a point adjacent the juncture of the roof and the side Walls,and means for bracing said plate at a point between the side walls.

4. A car structure comprising a floor, side walls, end walls, a roof,l ahorizontally disposed plate connecting the side Walls at the end of thecar and a point adjacent the juncture of the roof and the side walls,and

columns supporting and bracing said plate at points between the sidewalls. 1

5. A car structurercomprising a iooi', side walls, end walls and a roof,end columns and intermediate columns on opposite sides of the media-nline of the car, means for connecting said columns to the said sidewalls, and a rigid member connecting said end columns and intermediatecolumns to resist spreading of the latter both lengthwise andtransversely of the car.

6. A car structure comprising a loor, side walls, end walls and a roof,end columns and intermediate columns on opposite sides of the medianline of' the car, means for connecting said columns to the said sidewalls, a rigid member connecting said end co iimns and intermediatecolumns to resist spreading of the latter both lengthwise andtransversely of the car, and means for connect, ing said rigid memberdirectly to the side walls at the juncture of the latter with the roof.

7. A car structure comprising a Hoor, side walls, end walls and a roof,end columns and intermediate columns on opposite sides of the medianline of the car, means for con-- nectiiig said columns to the saidsidewalls, a rigid member connecting said end columns and intermediatecolumns to resist spreading of the latter both lengthwise andtransversely of the car, and means for connecting said rigid memberdirectly to the side walls at the juncture of the latter with the roof,said end and intermediate columns being spaced apart lengthwise of theicar body a sufficient distance to develop the impact-resistingcapabilities of the sidewalls.

8. A car structure comprising a floor, side walls, end walls, a root', aplurality of columns at the end of the car on opposite sides of themedian line of the latter, and a horizontally disposed plate connectingthe upper portions of the columns to resist spreading of the columnslengthwise and transversely of the car.

9. A car structure comprising a iioor, side walls, end walls, a roof, aplurality of columns at the end of the car on opposite sides 01"' themedian line and the latter, and a liori zontally disposed plateconnecting the upper portions of the columns to resistspreading of thecolumnslengthwise and transversely of the car, said plate being rigidlyattached to the side walls of the car.

10. A car structure comprising a floor,

side walls, end wa1ls, a roof, end structures for the car eachcomprising a plate attached to the side walls and adapted to resistspreading of the latter, said plate extending lengthwise ,within the carbody a sufiicient distance to develop the impact-resisting capabilitiesof the side walls, a roof sheetrattaehed to the ends of said plate latthe side V.Walls of the our, and a girder member ex- 4 side Walls, endwalls, a roof, horizontally disposed plates connecting the ends of theside walls Within the car body, a reinforeing` roof sheathing memberconnecting the, side Walls and extending over each et said plates, and agirder extending lengthwise of the car 'and resisting movement of saidplates and roof sheathing members lengthvise of the ear.

ISJA ear structure comprising a iioor,v

side walls, lend walls, a roof and an end structure comprising ahorizontally disposed platel connecting the ends of the side wallsadjagient the roof structure, and a reinforcing roof sheathing memberoimflying the sai plate and connected to the side. walls at pointsadjacent the ends ol theplate.

11%; A ear structure foniprising'a floor, side `walls` end walls. aroot', cornet' posts ior the side. walls` and a horizontally disposetfiplate loeated at the root line and attac d to said side walls and saidcorner po said plate. exteudlng lengthwise. olf

plate extending lengthwise of the ear a distance sutlieient to developthe impact-resist ing capabilities of said side walls.

16. ln a car structure, a body having side walls, a vestibule structureand a body end structure, said body end structure including a rigidplate uniting the. side walls ot the car at the rootA line within theear body and extending lengthwise ot' the en r a distance sufficient todevelop the i1npaet-resisting f ca pabilities of'the said side walls,said vestibuie structure .being ,:onslrueted to collapse under impartmore readily than the body end structure.

17. In a ear structure a body having side walls, a vestibule. structureand a body end structure, said body end structure' including a. rigidplate. uniting the. side Walls of the -ear a t the root line and locatedwholly within the ear bodlyv and extending lengthwise ot' the body adistance sutlieient to develop the iinpaetnresisting capabilities ol"the side, walls.`

18. A ear structure comprising a Hoor, side wills, end walls, a` root,and a horizontally disposed plate coiineeting the side walls at the endot' 'the ear and at a point adjacent the liuneture o1 the roof and theside walls` said plate projeetiug length-wise ot the ear within the earbody.

1E). ual' structure eol'nprising a lloor, side walls, end walls'. aroof, and a rigid member eonneeting the side walls at the end ot the rarat a point adjaeentl the juncture oiA the x'oo'land the. side walls,said, member extending within the ear-body a distailee sullieienl todevelop the impact-resisting eapabililies o'li said lside walls.

ln. testimony whereofl have hereunto signed my name. in the presence ot'two sul :Quribing witnesses.

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